As a result of expensive long-term contracts to veteran stalwarts, the Anaheim Ducks are a team that needs to focus on winning now. Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, and Ryan Kesler are all locked up through at least 2020-21 (2021-22 for Kesler) at a total annual average value (AAV) of $23.75 million. While those deals might not […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. It was a light week of game action for the Anaheim Ducks. Following their wild 6-5 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers at Honda Center on Feb. 25, they had four days off before facing off against the […]

The Anaheim Ducks dealt from a position of strength to fill a position of weakness—especially when they had several key players out of the lineup due to innjury—earlier this season when they traded blueliner Sami Vatanen to the New Jersey Devils for Adam Henrique, with other minor pieces going both ways as well. While Henrique […]

The Anaheim Ducks find themselves at somewhat of a fork in the road as the 2018 trade deadline approaches. A fringe playoff team that has disappointingly not shown meaningful improvement since mostly recovering from a plethora of early-season injuries, the Ducks likely are a step away from being able to seriously challenge for the Stanley […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. Last week, they were out. Now, they’re back in. So it goes in this up-and-down season for the Anaheim Ducks. Now, though, with three straight wins, capped by a gutsy shutout victory against the league-leading Vegas Golden Knights, […]

The Anaheim Ducks, having won five consecutive Pacific Division titles before this season, have been a top contender for awhile. This season’s somewhat slow start was logically attributable to a slew of injuries that befell stars and other key players like Ryan Kesler, Hampus Lindholm, the since-traded Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. Coming back home was so nice. Until it wasn’t. Returning from a brutal stretch in eastern Canada temporarily put the Anaheim Ducks back on the winning track, but it all came crashing down in a disheartening defeat Sunday […]

In one way, the All-Star break is coming at somewhat of an inopportune time for the Anaheim Ducks, as the club enters the four-day break having won two straight and four of five overall. So any momentum being built up, if you believe in that sort of thing, will briefly be put on hold. In […]

Coming off their league-mandated bye week, the Anaheim Ducks kicked off their unofficial second half of the season with a marquee Saturday-night matchup against their southern California rivals, the revitalized Los Angeles Kings. In what they have to hope is a sign of things to come in the second half now that they have a […]

The Anaheim Ducks have signed winger Andrew Cogliano to a three-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $3.25 million. The Ducks’ official Twitter account announced the signing, with the full terms later being provided by Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic and TSN. AAV of $3.25 million per year; would have been UFA […]

While the Anaheim Ducks are finally at basically full health, the odyssey along the way in the first half of the season has been, in a word, exhausting. Numerous injuries and non-coincidental up-and-down play has summarized the 2017-18 Ducks to this point. So perhaps it’s a good thing that Anaheim’s scheduled bye week comes now. The […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. After a solid east-cost road trip in which they won three of four contests, the Anaheim Ducks returned home to start a stretch where nine of their next 11 games would be played in the comfort of the […]

These days, it’s pretty much impossible to write about the Anaheim Ducks and avoid mentioning the wave of injuries that has plagued them in the early part of this season. With numerous key players missing time or having missed some time earlier in the year, the Ducks have had to rely on their healthy players […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks have had another eventful week. The good news is that they were able to win three of their four contests out east. Off the ice, however, came some sobering news with respect to affable veteran […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks got a nice respite from a busy first couple of weeks of the season that saw them compile a paltry 2-3-1 record while trying to stay afloat in the standings amidst an onslaught of injuries […]

‘Ducks Drill Down’ will become a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. After a less-than-ideal start to the season that has seen the Anaheim Ducks go 2-3-1 in their first six games, they get a welcome respite, as they will not be in game action again until this Friday, […]